Assessing discrimation in access to higher Education

Sylvain Chareyron, Louis-Alexandre Erb () and Yannick L'Horty ()
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Louis-Alexandre Erb: DARES - Direction de l'animation de la recherche, des études et des statistiques - Ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Santé, ERUDITE - Equipe de Recherche sur l’Utilisation des Données Individuelles en lien avec la Théorie Economique - UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 - Université Gustave Eiffel, TEPP - Théorie et évaluation des politiques publiques - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: This study assesses discrimination on the grounds of ethnic origin and disability in access to higher education programs at master level in France. It is based on a national correspondence test with over 600 master's programs tested and 1,800 messages sent. The study found no significant discrimination against applicants with disabilities. However, the results indicate that applicants of North African origin are less likely to receive a positive response. Three months after the correspondence test, a survey of tested recruiters was administered and matched against administrative data. This allowed the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon to be explored. Discrimination is found to be mainly statistical and is influenced by the recruitment method (it is higher when the program head decides alone) and by the attractiveness of the program, linked to the professional outcomes of graduates of the master's degree (the most attractive programs are the most discriminating).

Keywords: Correspondence Test; Disability; Eth nic Origin; Higher Education; Discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-09
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Published in Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2023, 151, pp.121. ⟨10.2307/48744152⟩

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DOI: 10.2307/48744152

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